Two privately placed static CLOs and the newly priced Palmer Square CLO 2018-1 add up to more than $1.5 billion in new CLO assets under management for the Kansas City-metro area manager.

Freddie Mac and Arch Capital are testing a new form of risk-sharing deal to boost investor appetite for low down payment mortgages. But the pilot is raising concerns about "charter creep" because it dictates private mortgage insurance decisions typically made by lenders.

By trimming the capital structures to three tranches of notes from four, the sponsor boosted excess collateral, providing a buffer against additional losses; J.C. Penney cards account for 20% of the pool.

A late addition to regulatory relief legislation would direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency to review credit-scoring alternatives, but some say the provision is redundant.

As in prior transactions, the company itself contributed only a small portion (7.55%) of the collateral for CLUB 2018-NP1; but this time only three unaffiliated parties were invited to contribute the remainder.

Former Rep. Barney Frank rejected concerns voiced by other Democrats that a Senate bill rolling back some provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will fuel another financial crisis.

The online lender is hiring Kenneth Brause, a CIT Group executive, to succeed CFO Howard Katzenberg.

The €413 million transaction will issue exchangeable notes for the five senior tranches, allowing regulated U.S. banks the opportunity to invest, even though the portfolio includes bonds.

Commercial banks typically compete with CMBS, but this Delaware state chartered bank is securitizing 30 floating-rate loans secured by 35 apartment complexes, retail and office buildings.

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